| SCRUTINY Truly hilarious pastiche of the "March of Time" film series - chimps make a newsreel! | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7357 |
| Catalog #: | 490546 | |
| Clip Number: | 490546-7 | |
| Orginal Film: | DOCUMENTARIES | |
| Timecode: | 01:51:34 - 01:54:16 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/GENERAL: Anthropomorphic ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Primate, Ape, Chimpanzee ENTERTAINMENT/FICTION FILMS: Comedy ENTERTAINMENT/MOTION PICTURES: Production & Behind the Scenes | |
| Description: | Newsreel continues with a travelogue section. "From Lands End to Ballochburn (?) and Walton-on-the-Naze" etc. The commentator is really getting into his stride now. Over seemingly random shots of commuters, workers, buses, etc. commentator bangs on about the Bulldog Breed and his "unassailable right to stand on whatever platform he choses to decide his country's destiny." Man rolls out the list of destinations on a bus indicator sign. Elderly man looks at a sign which details Polling places. A giant man speaks to a man of ordinary height. Montage of shots of political candidates and ordinary people making speeches. "in the rough and tumble of the political arena with no holds barred." Shots of wrestling match. As the commentator talks about the respect the ordinary man has for the police there are shots of civil disobedience. Men jostle the police and jump into the fountains at Trafalgar Square (I think). Police try to fight back the crowds - it could be New Year's Eve revellers. Chimp starts banging a piece of wood with a mallet again. The boss chimps start to get really wound up. Sequence of civil disobedience intercut with shots of boss chimps losing their tempers. A sign in the studio lights up with the following words: "Start - Stop - Rack - Focus - Repeat - Paper." The boss chimps argue with each other "Don't raise your voice at me, I've been in the game as long as you have" etc. A huge pile of film cans topples over. The chimps have a fight and film cans fall over. One can goes rolling off down a corridor. Film ends with shot of a banana skin on a desk. | |
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